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Movie Review - How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019)

The How To Train Your Dragon series has become one of the more underrated animated series since the first one came out back in 2010. It spawned a really good sequel that was just as good, if not better than the first one. Now we come to the third and final movie in the series titled The Hidden World and it couldn't be more of a fitting ending to a really great franchise. In this outing we follow Hiccup (Jay Baruchel) as he is now the chief of his village. The village is starting to become over populated because of so many dragons that the humans share their village with. Hiccup plans to seek out the Hidden World, a place his father (Gerard Butler), used to tell him about when he was a little boy. This place is supposedly a sanctuary for all different kinds of dragons and would be a perfect place for the overabundance of dragons that are now in the village. To go along with seeking out a new place to live Hiccup's dragon Toothless has discovered he is not the only Night Fu...

Movie Review - Wine Country (2019)

When six friends decide to take a trip together to celebrate one of their 50th birthdays hilarity ensues and tensions from the past make their appearance. Wine Country reunites four Saturday Night Live cast members (Amy Poehler, Maya Rudolph, Ana Gasteyer and Rachel Dratch) along with two writers (Paula Pell and Emily Spivey) who all worked on the show during the same era. Amy Poehler not only stars but also makes her directorial debut here in what ends up being a decent little comedy yet feels like a missed opportunity at the same time. One of the best aspects of Wine Country is its cast. Since they've spent so many years together on SNL and have been real life friends for years it really brings out the relationships of the characters as it all feels very authentic. These ladies know the right way to bounce one-liners off one another and Poehler does a good job behind the camera getting the most out of these actresses. Even Tina Fey, who was on SNL in the same era as the res...